Stopper for bottles, &amp;c.



A PATENTE-MM2?, 1966. J. Humm. f V

of a cardboard disk or diskconstructedof 4o forced.-l Io-thisdiskor sto per 3"is secured Ammin orrlf@13S-L l` ieciication of Ietters1atent;

- rateazd nare To -a/ZZ whom, it may concern/:J

Beit known that I, JAMES?. CRANE, a citi.- zen of the" United States, residing at Chicago, inthe countyvoii` Cook and Stateof Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Ime provements in Stoppers -forBottles ,=`&c., oi?

' which the following is a full, clear, and exact improved, simple means whereby a stopper of substantially the speci'cation.

My invention relates more particularly vto Stoppers for milk-bottles, usually composed other suitable'mate'rialcrowded into an 'annular groove surrounding the inner Wall of the mouth of' the bottle, andthe improve,-

ments have more. especial 'reference to the means for the extraction ofthe stopper. The object of the inventionis. to provide,v an eilicient, and inexpensive described character may be readily removed from the bottle Without damaging the `same, so that fit may be repeatedly used.

`VVith-aview to the accomplishment of the described object .and certain other objects- 2 5" which will hereinafter appear the invention consists inthe 'features -of noveltyT which will now be, described with reference to the ac-` companying drawi s, and more particularly pointed out inthe c aims. In the said drawings,"Figure stopper constructedaccording'to my inven tion. Fi 2 is a b ottom'plan view of the stop-V t y er, and ig.- 3 'is' a'topfplan roken away.

i isthe necksof ymman hangin@ afm? thereof par said -usualfannular groove -2 surrounding its inner wall at or neargthemouth ornpper end Such as llinen rffabri oran kind., and which is passed across vthe upper side of the s tlopperg.

thereof' and into-Winch groove the usual asteboard or other suitable disk stopper 3 is an extracting -device in-[suc a manner that when the requisite 1 1p'ward strainer pull is imparted theretoit vwill crowd one edge vof .the disk 3 inwardly or towardits center, thus dislodging it at that-point from the groove '2 and ermittin'g the-'stopper to be lifted' with-r out amaging it.

anditpreferably consists of a stripprv composed `'of any suitable flexible material,

' stopper w a representthe-label which is usua I 'i's' a vertical section al'view 'of the neck. of abottle and a l"This 'extracting device'isfpreferably ay .permanent part of the stopper,

ri onrj tlll' & Stop stopper and out of the neck ofthe bottle, so. as fto' form tabs of suci'ent length -fto be seized by. the user, 'and which tabs, it will be seep, if pulled-upwardly willcause theribbon togrip ti htly on the ,opposite side of the 65 le theside adjacent 'to the tabs is' forced inwardly' toward the center, thus lieleasing the stopper'froln the groove 2. Without damaging A1t.

If desired, the 4portion of the ribbon. may."

be, placed under t thev'cardboard stopper7 or this the' stopperythus holding the ribbon pern1a.

nently in place', while the portions @tithe-ribs.r

bon which pass under the stopper may, if desired,l be-coated-withparaflin or other suitart]y may; y pasted 011i able material atp/he'same time the inner or treated to render -it waterproof.

`bottornfside of. the stopper is. thus coated o1' 80 Havingthusdesc `bedniy invention, what I claim as new therein, and'desire'to secure 1 anewand useful article of maniifac'- tureaystopper comprising .combination a disk, andaileXible-'strip' looped up'orfi, saidA ndspassing upwardly .arOuDdone edge thereof..

2, .Asa new'and'useful'articleoiinanufall ture, a stopper 'comprising.in-"combii1ation' a disk and a strip; which strip intermediate-its ends issecured to and extends across the. dis'kf at.a lpoint between the edgeand axiso the' disk, zandfpasses thence upwardly around the edge'ofthedisk:

3. Asa new anduseful article of nianuiac-v ture' a stopper c o1"nprising` in. cornbinationl[al disk, astri'p crossingitselr` 'on4 the under side. vofsaid disk and passing .upwardly around the :roo

6.1 comprising in`combination gadisk, a exi -lest'rip extendingacr'oss 'tlm'.l

P of the disk onions-side andthencefn duplex,

stripsf'und'er andacross thezbbtt'oii 7on etop layer 'or stratum] 'off disk tothe opposite edge yand thence uptremitics passed under the disk and toward Y Wardly around the edge ofthe disk. each other and continuing beyond the edge a new and useful article of manufacofthe disk to form yextracting-tabs. ture 'a stopper comprising in combination a JAMES P. CRANE. 5 disk,` and-a ribbon having its intermediate Witnesses;

part-extending across the' topA of the disk at FRANCIS A.HoPKINs,

- one side of the Acenter thereof, with its ex- B. ALLsTADT. 

